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Dec 27, 2016 · An education system can be categorised as a set of institutions and relations between those institutions, or even as a coordinating body for a number of subsystems, which have a particular relation to the state and a particular position within it.
- David Scott
- 2017
Canadian school boards have helped build an equitable, accessible, publicly funded education system. In addition to the value of democratic representation in public education, governing school boards are a link between the community and the provincial government.
- Private Schools
- Home Schooling
- French-Language Programs
- Aboriginal Education
- International and Offshore Schools
- Post-Secondary Education in Canada
- Universities
In general, private schoolsare schools that are owned and operated outside of the public authority (Magnuson 1993). In Canada, private schools often do not receive any government funding and instead charge tuition fees. Because education is a provincial matter, however, the funding of private schools varies across Canada. In British Columbia, Alber...
In Canada, home-based learning, or home schooling, is permitted in all provinces and territories. In such arrangements, children do not attend school, but are educated at home, usually by a parent. Because each province and territory has its own Education Act, the regulations around home schooling vary by jurisdiction. In the majority of jurisdicti...
The Canadian Charter guarantees parents the right to educate their children in their first language if it is English or French. French-language schools are present in every province and territory, and in order to attend a child must have at least one parent who is a native French speaker. French immersionprograms are for students whose first langua...
About two-thirds of First Nations peoples live off reserve and their children attend provincially run schools. The Constitution Act of 1867 (and later the consolidation of many Aboriginal-related laws into the Indian Act of 1876) stated that the Crown is responsible, however, for the education for First Nations people who live on reserves. See Box ...
Not all Canadian elementary and secondary schools are physically located in Canada. There are schools in Antilles, China, Egypt, Ghana, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, St. Lucia, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and United Arab Emirates that use the curriculum of one of the provinces in Canada. Provincial ministries i...
In Canada, post-secondary education is available at a range of government-supported and private institutions across the country. Such public institutions receive a substantial amount (50 percent or more) of their operating capital from the government and do not operate for a profit. Such institutions provide various credentials after completion of ...
Canadian public universities grant undergraduate degrees that range from three to four years, depending on the program of study, as well as some types of specialized diplomas. The word “university” is a legally protected term that can be applied only to institutions that meet the requirements outlined in the province or territorial University Act a...
- Karen L. Robson
- 2019
In 2015, the Canadian School Boards Association set out to create a cross country portrait of the structure of school boards, as well as general information in the Canadian Public Education System.
The Role of the Superintendent. The superintendent serves as the board’s chief adviser on educational matters and as the district’s educational leader. He or she is responsible for ensuring the board is informed about district operations and activities, and about the district’s needs.
School governors play an important part in the democratic governance of education in a number of countries and forming a middle tier of accountability between state and schools. They carry out their role in a voluntary capacity.
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Jun 4, 2019 · Introduction. Educational systems around the world have undergone major transformations since the 1980s, largely due to the broad changes in the role of the government brought about by the New Public Management paradigm (Soguel and Jaccard 2008).
